Nice that the chucklehead didn't see fit to, oh, say what the BOX SAID.

This almost seems a staged, self-consciously-mysterious thing.

Then again, it matches nothing else in Apple's line-up and that appears to be a little Apple logo at the top. If it was a Cinema Display (the absolute closest thing it could be), where are the white sides? And the Cinema Displays aren't that thick, are they? And they certainly don't have that much bezel surrounding the screen.

Interesting. Although in this age of Photoshop and web-based hoaxes/jokes, I tend to keep myself in check until more evidence is presented.

Originally posted by MessiahtoshIt wouldnt be that hard to open one of those boxes up, there's no platic wrap on the outside of a box.

It does seem strange that Apple would be shipping unannounced machines in their retail packaging for anyone in the airport to see. If I recall correctly, Apple usually ship new machines to trade shows in locked metal shipping containers.

This just seems odd. Stranger things could happen, I guess.

If it is in fact the iMac G5, I like it. Much cleaner looking than I expected.

"Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so." - Bertrand Russell

Looking at the Apple logo on the box, it looks like someone just rotated the Apple logo on the bezel itself in Photoshop. And yes, Apple clearly states the contents on the outside of the box. No need for an Airport employee to sneak one into an elevator to knife it open. A foul air definitely has settled over this thread.

Maybe that's a new 17" consumer monitor. You know how heavy those monitors are? The old ones are a ton of bricks.

Whatever it IS, the question remains, on how and why this person was able to see an apple box, then to open it, when he himself is not a rabid apple fan, willing to take the risk of being fired just to see the what's on the inside.

On the other hand, if this is the new iMac, or new monitor or whatever, maybe apple is shipping them to the site in boxes, for sale IMMEDIATELY after the PhilNote.

Yeah, I gotta cry "hoax" at this point. I can't see Apple - so notorious for their secrecy - letting boxes of their killer, long-awaited stuff just be carted around by regular joe's at an airport.

This is beginning to stink.

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They'd be in Paris in big locked road crates, and anywhere they'd be in the States, they'd be boxed up, unmarked, I would think.

Tell your friend, in the future, to take a pic of the box itself, OR to remember what the words said on it. Might help.

Do the new Cinema Displays have the white strip on both sides? Because if that logo was at the bottom, we'd be looking at the right side of the display, and the white area AND the power/brightness controls aren't there.

That's the ONLY thing that makes me go "hmmm....". But that's also the kind of stuff that is very easily manipulated in Photoshop (moving/flipping logos, cloning out unwanted features, erasing any tell-tale signs that it's a current, known product, etc.).

Originally posted by audiopollutionYou're obviously comparing it to the sketch of the iMac G5 that you have, aren't you?

Listen. There is a sketch, which I was sent months ago. However, it is a HORRIBLE sketch. It was not drawn free hand, but rather by an engineer with no artistic skill whatsoever and Microsoft paint. It's not something you post on a news site like this. It was sent to me to describe the simplicity of design and does not reveal anything more than I've already stated in the article text. It's not at all an accurate representation of the overall design or its proportions, but rather of the basic form factor. It's hideous. But so far, I think you all can tell, that our original description of the new iMac, which was posted on AI before any other publication, appears to be accurate. So I don't understand why everyone thinks its a bluff. If I posted the sketch now, most people would probably laugh at it. However, 4 months ago, before anyone had an idea of what the new iMac would look like, it was one of the only leads available. Trust me when I say that if we have something WORTH posting, we will.

although this does smell fishy, there are a couple of issues that make it seem like it might be legit. First, even if the logo was photoshopped, where is the stand? Based on where the logo is (ignoring its orientation) the stand should be protruding several inches out to the left in the picture (where its just a big white blur). But look at the size of the box, and imagine the displaylaying down into it...there's no room on either side for a big foot-type stand to be sticking out. So if this is a photoshop job, its a big one, doing far more than just flipping the logo. And I'm pretty sure the cinema display boxes have more than just an apple logo on the side, and it doesn't appear that the box side was doctored in this photo.

I don't know, I really can't believe the story, but it's hard to ignore the photo.

Originally posted by concentricityalthough this does smell fishy, there are a couple of issues that make it seem like it might be legit. First, even if the logo was photoshopped, where is the stand? Based on where the logo is (ignoring its orientation) the stand should be protruding several inches out to the left in the picture (where its just a big white blur). But look at the size of the box, and imagine the displaylaying down into it...there's no room on either side for a big foot-type stand to be sticking out. So if this is a photoshop job, its a big one, doing far more than just flipping the logo. And I'm pretty sure the cinema display boxes have more than just an apple logo on the side, and it doesn't appear that the box side was doctored in this photo.

I don't know, I really can't believe the story, but it's hard to ignore the photo.

If it is the new iMac, it too would need a stand... And it does look like it has one. There is something in the background, at the middle of the display. Looks like it could be a stand i guess..

Its hard to tell its size, but depending on the elevators size, I'd say the screen is about 20" ?

That being said, it does seem thicker than the new alu displays. I saw the 20 incher at an apple store, and this one looks to he twice as thick...

It appears to be too small a box for a full-blown computer. It even looks smaller than the box my 20" display came in. It doesn't look photoshopped from my eye, even the metal reflects as it is supposed to and is oversaturated with the rest of the picture. The back of the screen from what I can tell does not have the same attachment as the current displays either. Perhaps the new iMac is headless and this is one of the monitors?! Don't know, we will know soon though...